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Thanks for the link. Must say i'm much preferring the designs in the manga, though that's just my personal preference.

I don't really see any difference between the manga and animation design. It's cleaner and smoother in the manga because of the wonderful toning that creates an almost superflat impression, but that's something hard to keep in transition to animation unless Stardriver is directed by say, Hosoda. In other aspects, the art looks very concise to the animation style in my opinion.

But really, only one thing came to mind when reading the Stardriver chapter.

"StarDriver by Ashirogi Muto."

Spoiler for Bakuman:

Really, the animation design was so Bakuman Obata-ish to begin with, the manga makes it feel even more so since the style reflects what is 'implied and mentioned' so much of Mashiro's drawing style from the very realistic style ( atmosphere ), the heavy application of dark colours and tones, among other things.

I wouldn't go the other run to so far and say that Stardriver's story feels very Takagi-ish, but it definitely wouldn't feel out-of-place if it existed alongside Crow, Natural+. Heck, I'd actually say the flamboyant costume designs is more of Niizuma's stick.

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Night~and~Gale: ~ The Final Mythology of the Man who Defied Destiny.The sleeping lion shall awaken beyond the depths of time, crossing ten billion lights, come to Terra.

My goodness, that has to be the worst Aqua Timez song used in an anime I've heard so far. I was gonna say perhaps the audio quality of the vid played a part but the way the singer drags the end of the lines during the verses is horrid and sounds lifeless. The song would have been alright if it weren't for- scratch that, I just got to the 3:00 mark, what the hell is that shit.

This does sound terrible, but then again I've yet to find an Aqua Timez song I like so I'm not surprised I hate this one as well. I simply loathe the vocalist's voice, his singing skills aren't enough to make up for it either...

That song doesn't sound fabulous as i expected
Really hoped that the TV version is slightly better than this one along with the animation sequence...that's where Bones usually excel for but not the song itself